Tony Smith

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What is music to you? What does it give you?

It is my tonic whenI need to get away from the hustle and bustle!

What is your music dream?

for everyone to enjoy my music!

If you could change the world - what would you start with?

giving more hope to the world!

Which is the most memorable song from your childhood?

All things bright and beautiful - we had to sing it most of the time in assembly

Who are your favorite musical artists or bands?

I liked the bangles for obvious rasons. Tiffany Ithought was a good singer. I like Tom Jones. Louis Armstrong, and otis redding to name just a few!

What inspires you to make music?

My Daughter was the one to first inspire me to play when I watched he play the Clarinet, but now the enjoyment of learning to understand how a tune goes and knowing others are enjoying me play it too are the reasons why I keep doing it!

What is the message you want to send with your music?

enjoy life and always be kind and helpful!

How do you feel when you perform in front of an audience?

I have stage fright and shake worse than jelly but have performed solo on three occasions for the carer's centre and also did a duet with my daughter for a charity event for amateur musiciams to say the least I get somewhat nervous!

How do you see the musicians’ reality nowadays? What could be improved?

what message the music sends out should have some impact and always be meaningful! Improvement could come from making the music pure and unadulterated by noit recoding and extra synthesising it

What do you think of Drooble?

it seems ok to me but have only really just started using it recently!

What frustrates you most as a musician?

when I perform in front of my camcorder and keep having to start again through a single fault here or there can be frustrating at times